pseudo-ionic polymerization

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Polymerization proceeding by insertion of a monomer into a polar bond without the generation of ions.
Notes:
  1. Most pseudo-ionic polymerizations involve concerted (e.g., four- or multi-centre) mechanisms of propagation.
  2. The term pseudo-ionic polymerization has been most often used in connection with ring-opening polymerization.
See also: coordination polymerization
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. (Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)) on page 1139 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'pseudo-ionic polymerization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09007 RIS BibTex EndNote
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